Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8836, John Fulkerson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Fulkerson, John Margaret
No. 8836
CONTENTS

5222.
Widow of  John Dyer widow of John Dyer who died on the 15 th Jan y , 1835 of the State of  Ohio who was a Private in the Ohio commanded by Captain James of the Ohio commanded by James in the Ohio for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cts per annum, to commence on the 15 th day of March 1835 January 1835 Census May 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of April 1835 and at E. S. Brown
Elizabethtown
{ Act July 4, 1836, Section the 28 }
Recorded by Book
Vol.
Page
Clerk,

FULKERSON, JANN (N.J.) W-8836

100-11-6-22 Geo Fullinson Grayson Co Kentucky
adm - 36-66
11/10/1915 from 1776 private 2 years. #80
Jack Thomas Clk

BRIEF in the case of  John Fulkerson  County - of Grayson  in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 drafted 1 private Gen. Morris Colo Martin Capt Headly Capt Cooper Capt Dunlap   1777 vol. 6   1778 vol. 4  
service he states in all about 4 years - sometimes a substitute & sometimes a volunteer
 5. In what battles was he engaged? German Town & Monmouth &c -  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex Co N. Jersey - 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John W. Stokes Examining Clerk.

7291 Kentucky
John Gullerson
of Grason Co in the State of Kent who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Head of the Regt commanded by Col. Martin in the New Jersey line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars and 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of March 1833 and sent to H. Cook Esq. 1 Thomas St.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book C Vol. 7 Page 9

1 State of Kentucky Grayson County ss
On this 27 th day of August 1832. Personally appeared in open court before George W. Neighbors, John Patterson, William Brant and Henry Sitton the Court of Grayson County in the State of Kentucky now sitting John Hulterson a resident of Grayson County and State of Kentucky aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, Captain Headley & Col. Ephraim Martin Militia officers of the State of New Jersey, That he was first drafted at Sussex County in the State of New Jersey for one month, he entered the service in the year 1776 and in the Militia for New Jersey and that he served about four years altogether being some times drafted and some times turned out volunteer and served under the following Officers Genl. Starling, Genl. Mines, Col. Martin Col. Howard, Col. Frelinghuysen Col. Hunt, Capt. Headley - Capt. Rice, Capt. Johnston, Capt. Beckwith Capt. Gentryman Capt. Logan, Capt. Cooper, Capt. Stull, Capt. Allen Capt. Lieut. Dye & Lieut. Bulfinch That he served six months under Capt. Cooper

4 years months under Capt Doulap, That he was Stationed part of his time in Elizabeth Town New Jersey part of his time in Amboy in New Jersey Princeton New Jersey, Princeton New Jersey, That he marched in to Pennsylvania and was in the battle of Germantown, That he was in the Battle of Monmouth and in a number of skirmish- es - That he assisted in driving the British from Eliza- beth Town New Jersey & took 33 Prisoners and that he himself took five guns from the enemy and took them into Camp & delivered them up to the officers, He cannot recollect the particular time when he entered the service nor when he quit the service all he knows is that he served about 4 years during the war. That he resided in Russell & Somerset County State of New Jersey -
That he saw Genl Lee, Genl. Ferman, Col. Nelson Genl. Washington all in the Army. That he has no discharge or documentary evidence that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except the deposition of John Buner.
Questions propounded to the applicant by the Court 1 st Where in what year were you born
Ans. Ans. I was born in Somerset County in the State of New Jersey on the 28 th day of November 1754 —
2 nd Question Have you any record of your age & if so where is it

Ans. My Age is in my fathers Bible in Nelson County in the state of Kentucky
3 rd Question Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer. When called into service I lived in Sussex County New Jersey. I have lived since the Revolutionary war in the state of Kentucky and now lives in Grayson County, state of Kentucky.
4 th Question. How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute if a substitute, for whom.
Answer I was drafted several times and volunteered for four months under capt. Humpel and volunteered 6 months under capt. Cooper in the whole served about 4 years
5 th Question State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and militia regiments, as you can recollect of the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. Genl. Lee, Genl. Sherman Genl. Washington Genl. Washington, Col. Nelson were regular officers I believe and the militia officers were Genl. Starling, Mines, Col. Osgood Martin, Howard, Spelinghouse Col. Hunt, Captains Headley, Hill, Johnston Beckworth, Gentryman, Logan, Cooper, Stull Humpel.

46 th Question Did you ever 4 receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans. I never received a regular discharge
7 th Question State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution —
Answer James Burtle, Noah Burtle, John Bruner, Peter Bruner, Reba McGraw, John R. Beatty, Owen Millis, William Beatty, Jacob Artman, William Ewing
We hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid John Fulkerson
We Charles Stutsville clergyman residing in Grayson County and Charles Northam residing in the same here by certify that we are well acquainted with John Fulkerson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy seven years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in

5 that Opinion -
5 Revised and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Chas H Stuterville Charles Mathews
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations, prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Charles H Stuterville who has signed the foregoing Certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Grayson and that Charles Mathews who has also signed the same is a resident of the County of Grayson and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit
I Jack Thomas Clerk of the Court of Grayson County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hukerson for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of the County aforesaid this 27 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two at Leitchfield
Jack Thomas C.G.

State of Kentucky Grayson County Set
This day came John Bruner a person of credibility aged 40 years before me William D. Wortham a Justice of the Peace in Gray- son County and State of Kentucky and after being sworn agreeably to law States on oath that he was well acquainted with John Fulkerson in the State of New Jersey in the time of the Revolutionary War, that he was his near Neighbor that he knows of the said John Fulkerson serving as a Soldier in the Militia of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War that he knows of his the said Fulkerson going on several campaigns that he at one time went with the said Fulk- erson part of his way to his Rendezvous and joined him on, and brought back his horse November 26 th 1832
John Bruner
I William D. Wortham a Justice of the Peace in Grayson County and State of Kentucky do Certify that on this day John Bruner personally appeared before me, and made Oath that the facts above stated are the truth I do further certify that the said John Bruner is a credible person Given under my hand this 26 th day of November 1832 W. D. Wortham J.P.G.C.
State of Kentucky Grayson County Set
I Jack Thomas Clerk of the County Court of the County of Grayson do certify that

William C Northam whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate is in his proper hand writing of the said William C Northam and that he is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace in for Grayson County duly commissioned & qualified as such in the State of Kentucky to whose official act, due faith and credit is due as well within as without this State
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Aforesaid this 26 th day of Novem- ber 1832 Jack Thomas J.P.

Fulkerson Claim Record Proof of death, & names of the children & Heirs

State of Kentucky Fayette County Set.
In this the 23 rd day of March 1852, personally appeared before me H. C. McBeath an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Benjamin C. Fulkerson, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 4 th July 1836. Saith: That he is the Ad- ministrators of the estate of Margaret Fulkerson deceased who was the widow of John Fulkerson dec d , who was a Pensioner under the act of Congress passed 7 th of June 1832 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum That he believes the aforesaid Margaret and John Ful- kerson were married in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy four (1774) He most respectfully asks that her aforesaid Claim may be allowed, and that the Certificate evidencing the same may be inclosed to his attorney C. S. Brown of Elizabethton Ky That the aforesaid Margaret Fulkerson died on the 29 th day of January 1839 (eighteen hundred and thirty nine) and left seven children whose names are as follows, Peter, Philip, James, Polly M c Grew, Sophia Richardson, Margaret Richardson, Phebe Harris; who are her only living children. Sworn and subscribed Benjamin C. Fulkerson before me, the day & Adm r of Margaret Fulkerson year aforesaid. H. C. McBeath Justice of the Peace

State of Kentucky
Grayson County Set.
J. A. C. McBeath.
a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that the Declarant Benf m A. Fulkerson named in the foregoing declaration, and who signed the same in my presence is personally known to me, and known to be a man of truth and respectability, in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed.
Given under my hand this 23 rd day of March 1852.
J. A. C. McBeath Justice of the Peace.
State of Kentucky
Grayson County Set.
I, Edwin Thomas Clerk of the
County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that J. A. C. McBeath whose signature appears to the above and foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his and genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court, on the 23 rd day of March 1852.
Edwin Thomas Clerk Grayson County Court.

State of Kentucky
Grayson County Set.
I, Edwin Thomas Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that it has on this day satisfactorily appeared to me that Margaret Dickerson the widow of John Dickerson (who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, and died on the 15 th day of January 1838,) died on the 29 th day of January 1839, and left Seven children, to wit: Peter, Philip, James, Polly McGrew, Sophia Richardson, Margaret Richardson & Phebe Harris, who are her only living children, and that Benjamin A. Dickerson is the Administrator of her estate.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of office this 23 rd day of March A D 1852.
Edwin Thomas Clerk Grayson County Court

John Fullerton BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Resolution New Jersey
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8836
Margaret Fulkerson Wid. of John Fulkerson Pvt. Rev. War
Act: July 4 th 86, Sec. 3 d
Index: — Vol. A , Page 258
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12 V No 6993 Margaret Fulkerson Ky Lit. to C. Chinn Oct. 25. 1847. Lit. H. L. J. Faulkner June 18/52 E. S. Brown Aug 20 1852
Act 4. July, 1836

Kentucky Syng.
Margaret Fulkerson, deceased of John, who was a private New Jersey militia.
She died July 4, 1836
Am. private $36.66 3/4 John Jan. 15, 1835, when he died - Mrs Jan 29, 1839, when she died -
Pay all to Prof. O. Fulkerson, old: use of
Peter Fulkerson, Philip Fulkerson James Fulkerson, Polly M c Green Sophia Richardson Margaret Richardson Peter H o mes, and children C. S. Brown Elizabeth Town, Ky.

No. 6993
Margaret Fulkerson wid of John
By
- ad 4. May 1836
- Married 1774.
He died Jan. 15, 1835,
She died Jan. 29, 1839.

State of Kentucky Grayson County Set
On this 28 th day of June 1847 Personally appeared before the County Court of Grayson County Philip Fulkerson of lawful age a resident of the County of Grayson and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in open court in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 for Granting pension to certain widows that he is the Son and one of the Heirs of the late John Fulkerson Deceased and Margaret Fulkerson Deceased who was the widow of the said John Fulkerson
He further declares that according to the information he has always received from his parents that his Father the said John Fulkerson and Margaret Fulkerson late Bremer was married in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey in the year of Seventeen hundred and Seventy four (1774) - He further declares that his Father the said John Fulkerson was a pensioner on the rolls of the Kentucky agency at the time of his death and that he died in the County of Grayson Ky on the fifteen th day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty five and that his Mother the aforesaid Margaret Fulkerson lived a widow from the death of the said John Fulkerson until her death when the said Margaret Fulkerson died on the Twenty ninth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty nine
He further declares that he knows no record of the marriage of the aforesaid John & Margaret Fulkerson nor of the age of their children, unless the declarant's Aunt Abigail Fulkerson has it she as he understood had such a record in her possession some years ago which record was in the handwriting of the declarant's Father Philip Fulkerson
At a Court held for Grayson County at the Court house in Litchfield on Monday the 28 th day of June 1847 On this day Philip Fulkerson the applicant for a pension

for a pension, came into Court in open Court once more, and subscribed to the foregoing declaration for the same and the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the interrogation of the matter that the said Applicant is the Son of the aforesaid John Fulkerson deceased and Margaret Deceased who are named in the foregoing declaration.
I Jack Thomas Clerk of the Court of Franklin County do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly transcribed from the records in my Office.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of my Office and subscribed my name this 28 th day of June 1847.
Jack Thomas Clerk of the Court of Franklin County

Benjamin C. Fulkerson Parent of Alloray As Administrator of Margaret Fulkerson

Know all men by these presents that I, Benjamin C. Fulkerson (Administrator of Margaret Fulkerson deceased) of the county of Grayson and state of Kentucky, do hereby constitute and appoint E. S. Brown of Elizabethton Ky my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to prosecute before the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City, the claim of the said Margaret Fulkerson dec d to a Pension under the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836, as the widow of John Fulkerson dec d , who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, and who died in said County of Grayson on the 15 th day of January A D 1835. And the said Brown is hereby fully authorized to do all and every act which I as administrator aforesaid, might or could do, were I personally present assenting to the same, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of my said attorney, and hereby revoking all powers of attorney heretofore given. Said Brown is authorized to employ an agent, if he thinks proper.
Witness my hand and Seal this 17 th day of February A. D. 1852.
Sealed & delivered Benjamin C. Fulkerson (Seal) in Presence of Att. Tho. D. Brown J. R. Davenport State of Kentucky Grayson County
Be it known that on this the 17 th day of February A D 1852, before me William McDunavan a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid, personally appeared Benjamin C. Fulkerson above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.

Given under my hand this 17 th day of February A.D. An thousand eight hundred & fifty two William M. Durnan Justice of the Peace.
State of Kentucky Hardin County Set:
I, Hugh J. Durnan, Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do hereby Certify that William M. Durnan whose signature appears to the above Certificate of acknowledgement is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn according to law and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. His Commission bears date on the 20 th day of May A.D. 1851 and continues for the term of four years.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court at my office at Elizabethtown Ky this 17 th day of February A.D. 1852.
H. J. Durnan C.S.

The deposition of Peter Fulkerson a resident of Grayson County Ky taken to be read as evidence in favour of the application of Philip Fulkerson one of the sons of John & Margaret Fulkerson for a pension
The deponent being first duly sworn according to law, deponeth and saith, that he is the son of John Fulkerson & Margaret Fulkerson late Margaret Bruner. That according to the best information received from his parents he was Seventy two years old on the Ninth day of April Eighteen hundred and forty forty seven, and that he always understood his Father & Mother that they were married in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey in the year of Seventeen and Seventy four (1774) since he further saith his Father John Fulkerson was a pensioner on the roll of the Kentucky agency at the time of his death, and that he died on the fifteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty five and that his Mother Margaret Fulkerson lived a widow from the death of her husband John Fulkerson until her death and she died on the twenty ninth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty nine. The deponent altho a son and the oldest of the said John & Margaret Fulkerson has no interest in the pension whatever which is applied for, he having divested himself of all interest in said pension some months since, but not for the purpose of becoming a witness in the case nor did he suppose at the time he divested himself of his interest that he would ever be called on to depose in the case in any manner whatever.
The deponent has seen his Father's family record of the marriage and age of his Father & Mother and the age of their children often times which was written in an old and worn bible, which bible was in the possession when he last heard from it (which was many years since) was in the possession of his Aunt Abigail Fulkerson of Nelson County Kentucky And further saith not
Peter Fulkerson
State of Kentucky Grayson County
On this 28 th day of June 1847 before me Charles Worth and a justice of the peace in and for the County

aforsaid duly commissioned and qualified as such Personally appeared Peter Fulkerson and sworn and subscribed to the foregoing deposition, and I certify that the said Peter Fulkerson is a man of undoubted veracity Given from under my hand the day and date last above written Charles Wortham J.P. 1836
State of Kentucky Grayson County Set
I Jack Thomas Clerk of the Court of Grayson County Certify that Charles Wortham is a magistrate as above duly com- missioned and qualified as such and that his commission bears date on the 5 th day of June 1838 during his good behavior And that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 2 nd day of June 1838
Jack Thomas Clerk of the Court of Grayson County

The enclosed refers to Mrs Fulkerson's case.
H. M.
Widow not bound to dowry like husband, (curfew)

Prussian Office July 12, 1852
Sir;
I have the honor to return Mr Bruns's letter and to state that the prop of business on this Office is such as to make a compliance with his request im- practicable. If the widow ap- plies for a pension she is not o- blige to describe her husband's service, that being already done in his paper, a reference to which will be sufficient.
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
J. H. C. T. R.
for her
Genl. Marshall H. C. T. R.

16arrodsburg Ky 23 d September 1847 Dear Sir
Enclosed you have the Petition of the heirs of Mrs Margaret Fulkerson the Widow of John Fulkerson Deceased for a Pension, which I should be pleased to hear from when it suits your convenience - Benjamin O Fulkerson is the Administrator on the estate of Mrs Margaret Fulkerson, and her heirs desire that the pension certificate shall be issued in favour of the said Benjamin
I am very Respectfully Your, O bt Servt Chas Chinny
Col J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

N. 20958
The Secretary of War
Pension Office Washington City
Litchfield Ky Dec r 3 File
Recd
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10-9-92 10-9-92 10-9-92 10-9-92

Margaret Fuckerson Claim. Letter of P. S. Allison Secy State Trinidad N. Y.
Additional Proof

Benton July 12/1882
Sir
Yours of 3 rd inst has been received with fee enclosed.
The revolutionary records in this office, in the case of Militia men do not show the particular terms of service performed. We have but few rolls of that branch. At the close of the war, notes were given to those who had been in service, and who still had arrears of pay due them, which evidence is in this office, and extracts from which are considered good proof that the applicant had performed duty, up to the close of the war. — I enclose you herewith a certificate of such a settlement with John Fulkerson on the 18 th of May 1784. — W m Verbruggen, who signs his certificate was a commissioner to settle with soldiers residing in the County of Somerset. This is all the evidence bearing upon this case which we can furnish.
There is no evidence in this office of the service of 1776 — or of the officers of Militia in that year.
There was a Captain Cooper, in the Militia Service, of the County of Kentland, bordering upon the County of Somerset.
The regular Militia Records of this State, were

transmitted to Washington and consumed, at the con- flagration of the capitol by the British army in 1814. Respectfully
John L. Moore Sec. of State of Pa.
E. Brown Esq.

July 30/52 Pension Claim Heirs of Margaret Fulkerson Additional Proof Certificate of Sec'y of State. Trenton N. J. proving Service to close of the War
Sus Ky 36
Kirby
E. S. Brown atty Elizabethtown Ky

Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties of the State of New Jersey for Militia service during the Revolutionary War.
   NO. OF CERTIF. DATE. SIGNED BY. PAYABLE TO. AMOUNT.     314 May 10. 1784 W m Verbruggen John Fitherson £ 3. 9. 2  
STATE OF NEW JERSEY:
Richard S. Allison  I, Charles G. McChesney , Secretary of state of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true abstract from a Book, headed as above, as taken from, and compared with the original, now remaining in my office. — And I do further certify, that William Verbruggen was, by an Act, passed by the Legislature of this State, December 20, 1783, entitled, "An Act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a Commissioner for the County of Somerset for the purpose of settling and adjusting the Pay-rolls of the Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.
In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said State, this twelfth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty .
Richard S. Allison Secretary of State.

Copy of order of court of Pennsylvania Dist. Ct. Pulaski adms. of Margaret Pickern

State of Kentucky Grayson County Court Set D
Monday March 22 nd 1847.
March Term 1847.
On the motion of Benjamin A. Fulkerson the administration of the Estate of Margaret Fulkerson dec d is granted him whereupon he made Oath agreeably to law, and entered into, and acknowledged his bond in the penalty of $300. conditioned as the law directs with Isaac Thomas his security.
A True Copy
Attest Edwin Thomas Clerk Grayson County Court.
State of Kentucky Grayson County Set D
I Edwin Thomas Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do Certify that the above is a true Copy of the Order granting Benjamin A Fulkerson the administration of the Estate of Margaret Fulkerson dec d Copied from the Records in my office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court. done at Litchfield this 19 th day of February A.D 1852.
Edwin Thomas Clerk Grayson County Court.

Brief in the case of Margaret Fullerson, wid of John Grayson County and State of Ky. act July 4, 1836.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioner No. 1832. Satisfactory parole proof of marriage in 1774. —
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
E. S. Brown Elizabeth Town Ky.
Examining Clerk.
Ogde Miles

James E. Heath Com. d of Pensions Washington D.C.

Elizabeth Ky May 31 st 1852
James E. Heath Com. r of Pensions (Dear Sir
I have been em- ployed by Benjamin A. Fulkerson, Administrator of Margaret Fulkerson, widow of John Fulkerson to prosecute a claim for a Pension. The said John Fulkerson was a Pensioner in the Kentucky Roll at $80 per annum and died in 1835.
In 1847 Philip Fulkerson one of the heirs of said Margaret Fulkerson made a declar- ation in the Grayson County Court in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836, which declaration is on file in your office
Inclosed I send you a Power of attorney executed to me by the said Benjamin A Fulkerson as adm. r Record proof of the death of John & Margaret Fulkerson and the names of their children; also an order of Court appointing said Benjamin Adm r &c.
You will please examine these papers and inform me whether or not said heirs are entitled under the said act to a Pension
When the certificate is issued you will please forward it to me at this place
Very Respectfully E. S. Brown

Newton 1 st March 1852.
E. S. Brown Esq.
Yours of the 18 th February I received and am sorry that I am not able to find recorded here the Marriage of John Fulkerson to Margaret Bruner -
Our Marriage Records commence not until the year 1795. and they were married you say between the years 1773. and 1776. I looked them however from the commencement of our Records for several years thinking possibly it might be recorded and the date back referred to. but could find nothing of it.
Those two names particularly the name of Fulkerson is common in the lower part of this state and in Warren County where I think they must have lived. Warren Co was a part of Supex then and was set off from this County in the year 1824. If those people had lived there some time after they were married I think the marriage  it might be proved by some old people yet living. I shall have opportunity of making such inquiry and if I can make any discovery I will write you accordingly.
Belvidere is the County seat of Warren County and if you know you can write to the to some person from their names I should think they lived yet below Belvidere nearly as low down as Easton.
Respectfully I remain Your Friend J. Fulford.

Pension Claim of Ben: C. Fulkerson Adm r of Margaret Fulkerson dec d Widow of John Fulkerson. Act 2 nd July 1836. Additional Proof Of Marriage (Declaration by Adm r filed Spring 1832)
E. S. Brown atty Elizabethtown Kentucky

State of Kentucky
Grayson County Set.
On this the 20 th day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Jack Thomas aged Sixty two years past to me well known as a credible person, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he was Clerk of the Circuit and County Court for the said County of Grayson and State of Kentucky for the space of Forty one years. That he was personally acquainted with John Fulkerson deceased, late of the said County of Grayson & State of Kentucky, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and drew a Pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum. That he knew said Fulkerson for the space of Twenty seven years. That he wrote out in his own hand writing, the declaration which said Fulkerson made in order to obtain said Pension, which is now on file at the Pension Office at Washington. That he was also well acquainted with Margaret Fulkerson late of said County & State, the widow of the said John. That he knew them, living together as man and wife for many years and has no doubt, and never heard the fact doubted, that they were lawfully married.

That he was also personally acquainted with Peter Fulkerson, the son of the said Margaret and John. That he, the said Peter, is a man of truth and veracity, and is at least 77, (Seventy Seven) years of age, and must have been born in the year 1778, (Seventeen hundred and seventy five) And consequently, the said John Fulkerson and Margaret, (whose maiden name was reputed to have been Margaret Bruner) must have been married as early as the year 1774, (Seventeen hundred and seventy four.) That from his long acquaintance with the family, from his knowledge of their standing for truth and honesty, and from their statements, with regard to the matter, he has no doubt that they, the said Margaret and John, were married in the year 1774 (Seventeen hundred & seventy four.) He further states that he is disinterested. Jack Thomas
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written. And I further certify that I believe the foregoing statements are strictly true.
A. C. McBeath
Justice of the Peace
State of Kentucky Grayson County Set
J. Edwin Thomas, Clerk of

The County Court for the County aforesaid, Certify that A. C. McBEATH — whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Jus- tice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified according to law, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have here-
unto set my hand and af- fixed my Seal of Office at Litchfield this 20 th day of September A.D. 1852 Edwin Thomas Clerk Grayson County Court

James E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington City (L. U.)

Elizabeth town Ky
October 29 th 1852.
James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Included find papers Showing additional proof in the case of Ben A. Fulkerson Adm. r of Margaret Fulkerson dec. d Widow of John Fulkerson who was a soldier of the Revolution and drew a Pension of Eighty Dollars per annum.
The Declaration of B. C. F. as adm. r made in Spring 1852.
Please acknowledge receipt of this Very Respectfully E. A. Brown

James E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City D.C.

Elizabethtown Ky November 1 st 1852
James E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir,
Included I send you some additional proof of marriage in the claim, Ben. C. Fulkerson & daugh r of Margaret Fulkerson, who was the widow of John Fulkerson, a Revolutionary Pensioner. You will please file the same with the other papers. The Declaration was filed last Spring under act of 4 th July 1836.
Very Respectfully E. S. Brown

Revolutionary Claim Ben: O. Fulkerson Adm n of Margaret Fulkerson Feb 4 th July 1836 William Beatty Depts. Additional proof of Marriage
E. S. Brown ally Elizabethtown Ky.

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Set:
Be it known that on this the 30 th day of October 1852, before me the undersigned Judge of the Hardin County Court in the state aforesaid, personally appeared William Beatty who is well known to me as a credible witness who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is Seventy Six years of age, and was born in the state of Pennsylvania on the 9 th day of August 1776. That he came to Kentucky in the year 1789 or thereabouts. That he was personally acquainted with John Fulkerson late of Grayson County Kentucky who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and drew Eighty dollars per annum. That he was also personally acquainted with Margaret Fulkerson, the wife of the said John - that her maiden name was Margaret Bruner. That he is also well acquainted with Peter Fulkerson the oldest child of the said Margaret and John. That he knows the said Peter is now Seventy Seven years of age and was born in the year 1775. That he first became acquainted with the said John & Margaret in the year 1802, upwards of fifty years ago. That they were then living together as man and wife and had several children, and the said Peter was the oldest of said children, and was then about twenty seven years of age, and was married and had children. How many he had, at the time referred to, he can not now remember; but he knows that he had five children, to wit: William, James, Peggy, Polly and Nancy. That the said William, married Cassa Ann Beatty, and the said James, married Elizabeth Allison Beatty, both of whom were the daughters of him, the said William Beatty. That he has always understood from the Fulkerson family and has

No doubt of the fact that the said John and Margaret Fulkerson were married in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy four, in Sussex County, New Jersey. That he is confident of the fact, of the date of said marriage for the reason that he, the said William Beatty, was born in August 1776, and the said Peter, he knows, is about a year older than he is , and consequently must have been born in 1775.
He further states that he is disinterested attest: A. C. Cook, Peter Stuart, Wm. Beatty, Frank!
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30 th day of October 1852. I further certify that I have known the above named William Beatty for the space of thirty years, at least, and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity, & that his statements above, are strictly true.
John Morris County Judge of Hardin County Ky
State of Kentucky Hardin County Set:
I, Hugh J. Quinnan, Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid certify that John Morris whose signature appears to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid, duly elected and commissioned according to law. That said court is a court of record. The commission of the said John Morris bears date on the 20 th day of May A.D. 1851 and continues four years, and his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at Elizabethtown this 30 th day of October A.D. 1852.
H. J. Quinnan clerk

The deposition of Abigail Fulkerson widow of Jacob Fulkerson dec d taken at her own house on Plumb run in Nelson County Ky on the 18 th day of August 1849 before me Haden E Stone a Justice of the Peace for Nelson County, to establish the marriage of John Fulkerson with Margaret his wife &c
The deponent Abigail Fulkerson being first sworn by me deposed and said that she was seventy seven years old, and that she married Jacob Fulkerson (who was a brother of John Fulkerson) in the year eighteen hundred and eighty eight and four or five years after her marriage with Jacob Fulkerson, John Fulkerson and his wife Margaret and their family of children settled near the deponent where she now lives and she then became intimately acquainted with the whole family. John Fulkerson and Margaret his wife had a large family of children and their oldest son was named Peter and when she first became acquainted with John Fulkerson's son, Peter he was a young man fully grown, and two or three of the other children were nearly so.
The deponent has seen and heard read the deposition of the said Peter Fulkerson in which he states he was twenty two years old on the 9 th of April 1849, which statement she believes to be true from her own knowledge judging from the said Peter's size when she first knew him. Her mother of John Fulkerson and deponent's husband Jacob Fulkerson lived in the family of the deponent many years and died in said family about twenty six years ago. She had a Dutch Bible, in which she kept the record of her

family, containing their marriages, births and deaths, and included the marriage of John Fulkerson with his wife, Margaret and the ages of all their children, together with deponent's marriage with her son Jacob Fulkerson and their children.
The said Dutch Bible containing the family record as stated above was left in the possession of the deponent and put by her in a chest for safe keeping but about ten years ago some rats got into the chest and destroyed the record and a great portion of the Bible. The deponent's memory is not very good but from the best recollection she has of the said family record, sustained by what she has heard the said John and Margaret say, the said John and Margaret Fulkerson late Margaret Bunn were married in Sussex county in the State of New Jersey in the year seven hundred and seventy four.
The deponent states that the Bible and record were both destroyed when in her possession long after the death of her husband Jacob Fulkerson.
Abigail her X Fulkerson mark
State of Kentucky — Nelson County Set —
On this 18 th day of August 1847 Abigail Fulkerson was duly sworn by me Warren E. Stone a justice of the Peace for Nelson County and deposed as stated within and above and subscribed to the same by her mark which she acknowledged after hearing the whole of it read and she is a woman of strict veracity.

Given under my hand the date and year above stated.
Haden E. Stone
Justice of the Peace in Nelson County Ky.
Commonwealth of Kentucky Nelson County ss
I Nathaniel Michell Clerk of the Court of said County, certify that Haden E. Stone, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit of Abigail Fulkerson is a Justice of the Peace in said County of Nelson, and that his signature to the above said foregoing certificate is — Genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County this 20 th day of September 1822 Nathl. Michell Clerk

20908 John Fulkerson Declaration for a pension

State of Kentucky Grayson County No 6
On this 26 th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court before Eli Bozorth Charles A. Stuterville, Joseph Romer, William Patterson, George W. Neighbury, Joseph Wilson, William G. McWhorter, Henry Fitzey, William Brunk & John Patterson the Court of Grayson county in the State of Kentucky now sitting John Harkerson a Resident of Grayson County and State of Kentucky a good 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath amend his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. He states in addition to the statements made in his original Declaration, that he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the Militia of New Jersey in the year 1776 that he was some times drafted, sometimes volunteer and some times a substitute, that he served by tours of one month generally, and was almost continually in service during the war that he states that he served six months under Captain Cooper  Denulap in the years 1777 & 1778 and that he served four months under Captain Denulap in the year 1778 and as to the rest of his service he does not recollect the year but not having records of the time but he well knows he served at least four years during the war for he was almost continually in

Service for which he was not drafted or volunteered he substituted, and was very seldom out of service of the militia of New Jersey as the shores of New Jersey has to be continually guarded to keep the British from landing their forces — The said Fulkerson here in court file, the affidavit of John Brunner proving his service, which is attached to this declaration, and written on the original decla- -ration
John Fulkerson
I Jack Thomas clerk the court of Grayson County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the amended declaration of John Fulkerson to his original declaration made on the 27 th day of August 1832 which proceedings was had before the Grayson County Court in the State of Kentucky in the matter of the appli- -cation of the said Fulkerson for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of the County aforesaid this 26 th day of November 1832 Jack Thomas C. & B.